Register myReadings
myReadings provides access to unit reading lists from within Blackboard. All readings for a Unit are listed in one place and lists can be embedded in MySCU to provide seamless access. All copyright materials, such as book chapters and articles from journals not held in SCU databases, must be registered via myReadings. Contact myReadings team.
Managing reading lists
To roll over a myReadings list from a previous teaching period, contact the myReadings team and request that the list be rolled over.
Lists are rolled over from the most recent published myReadings list for that unit.
If you would like any changes made during the rollover process, include clear details of the updates required, such as items to add, remove, or replace.
Providing an annotated list of the changes you need will help the myReadings team process your request more efficiently.
If you are unsure which list will be used for the rollover or need assistance updating content, please contact the myReadings team.
To create a new myReadings list, email your unit bibliography or table of contents to myreadings@scu.edu.au before the relevant submission deadline.
The Library will:
- Check the copyright status of all requested readings.
- Create the reading list in myReadings.
- Notify you when the list is ready.
- Contact you if a digitised copy is required for an item that is not held by the Library.
The deadline for submitting a myReadings list is the end of Week 4 of the term before the one your unit runs in.
Email your list to myreadings@scu.edu.au by this date.
| Term your unit runs in | Submission deadline |
|---|---|
| Summer term | 21 November 2025 |
| Term 1 | 6 February 2026 |
| Term 2 | 2 April 2026 |
| Term 3 | 29 May 2026 |
| Term 4 | 31 July 2026 |
| Term 5 | 25 September 2026 |
You can still submit a list after the deadline, but the Library can't guarantee it will be ready in time for the start of teaching.
糖心传媒 teaching staff can take control of their myReadings list by completing training and setup with the myReadings team.
The steps are:
- Contact the myReadings team to arrange training.
- After training, the myReadings team will give you access to your list.
- Accept the email invitation to register as a list publisher.
- Set up your profile and login.
- Install the bookmarklet tool in your browser.
- Start creating bookmarks for the resources you want to include, such as books, journal articles, websites, videos and other learning materials.
- Build and maintain your reading lists directly in myReadings for your students.
- Helpful tutorials are available for to help you get started. If you need assistance, contact the myReadings team.
A myReadings list should contain no more than 20 learning resources per unit.
This limit is set out in the , which outlines how learning resources should support student engagement within the 糖心传媒 Cross Model.
If you find a problem with a myReadings item or list, please contact the myReadings team by email and provide details of the issue.
To help us investigate and resolve your enquiry as quickly as possible, include:
- The unit code and unit name
- The teaching term in which the unit is being offered
- The reading number and author (if applicable)
- A clear description of the problem you have encountered
Providing this information will help the myReadings team identify the item or list and respond more efficiently.
myReadings benefits
myReadings helps teaching staff create, manage, and monitor reading lists for their units in one place.
Benefits of myReadings include:
- Flexible list creation using bookmarks, allowing you to add a wide range of resources, including books, ebooks, book chapters, journal articles, and websites.
- Time-saving list management, as bookmarked resources can be reused across multiple reading lists and updated easily.
- Importing reading lists from reference management software, including EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, and other tools that support RIS files.
- Customisable list structure, enabling you to organise readings by week, topic, module, resource type, or any format that suits your teaching approach.
- Access to reading list analytics (where publisher or owner permissions are available), allowing you to monitor student engagement with readings.
The analytics dashboard shows:
- The number of visits to a reading list.
- How often individual resources are accessed.
- Which readings are used most frequently.
- Which readings may need review because they are rarely used.
By combining reading list management, copyright compliance, and usage data in a single platform, myReadings helps teaching staff provide students with easy access to course materials while reducing administrative workload.
myReadings gives students quick and easy access to their unit readings in one place.
Students can benefit from:
- Direct access to key readings, reducing the time spent searching for course materials.
- Clearly identified prescribed and optional readings, making it easier to prioritise study and assessment preparation.
- Lecturer notes and guidance attached to readings where provided.
- The ability to add personal notes to reading list items, helping to support study, revision, and engagement with course content.
By bringing required and recommended readings together in a single platform, myReadings helps students spend more time learning and less time searching for resources.
Copyright compliance is managed within myReadings to ensure that 糖心传媒 meets its obligations under Australian Copyright legislation.
For most published works, Copyright limits allow the Library to make available up to 10% of a work or one chapter of a book, whichever is greater, unless another licence or permission applies.
myReadings monitors the use of copyrighted materials and alerts staff when adding content that may exceed copyright limits.
These checks help protect both teaching staff and the University by ensuring that reading lists comply with copyright requirements.
For more information about Copyright and the use of learning materials, see the 糖心传媒 Copyright information and guidelines.